Monday, August 18, 2008

Italy Still in Top 10 Medal Winners at Beijing 2008

Since my Last Report on August 15, 2008, Italy has added Two (2) Silvers and Three (3) Bronzes to the Six (6) Golds, Four (4) Silvers Three (3) Bronze for a TOTAL of Thirteen (13) previously reported for a NEW TOTAL of EIGHTEEN (18) Medals
Those FIVE (5) Medals were won:
Friday
Bronze: Mens Fencing -Team Epee: Alfredo Rota, Diego Confalonieri, Stefano Carozzo, Matteo Tagliariol
Silver : Women's Swimming 800 FreeStyle: Alessi Filippi
Saturday
Bronze: Women's Fencing -Team Foil: Ilaria Salvatori, Giovanna Trillini, Maria Valentina Vezzali, Margherita Granbassi
Sunday
Silver - Men's Quadruple Sculls
Luca Agamennoni, Simone Venier, RossanoGaltarossa,Raineri Simone Bronze - Men's Team Sabre Diego Occhiuzzi, Luigi Tarantino, Giampiero Pastore, Aldo Montano
Italy won 32 Medals in Athens 2004, 34 in Sydney 2000, 35 in 1996, and the Most Medals Italy ever won was 36 in 1932 and 1960.


Top 10 Medal Winners (As of Sunday August 17,2008)

COUNTRY Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal TOTAL
United States flag iconUnited States 19 21 25 65
China flag iconChina 35 13 13 61
Russia flag iconRussia 7 12 12 31
Australia flag iconAustralia 8 10 11 29
Britain flag iconBritain 11 6 8 25
France flag iconFrance 4 9 12 25
South Korea flag iconSouth Korea 8 9 5 22
Germany flag iconGermany 9 6 6 21
Japan flag iconJapan 8 5 7 20
Italy flag iconItaly 6 6 6
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